What is the number 1 most played song of all time?

There's even a dispute over the exact title. Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
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What are the top 5 most played songs?

Top 10 Most Streamed Songs on Spotify
  1. 1. “ Blinding Lights” - The Weeknd. ...
  2. 2. “ Shape of You” - Ed Sheeran. ...
  3. 3. “ Dance Monkey” - Tones and I. ...
  4. 4. “ Someone You Loved” - Lewis Capaldi. ...
  5. 5. “ Rockstar” - Post Malone featuring 21 Savage. ...
  6. 6. “ Sunflower” - Post Malone and Swae Lee. ...
  7. 7. “ ...
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Who is the best-selling singer of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
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What is the best record of all time?

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
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What song has the most views?

In January 2021, Baby Shark Dance became the first YouTube video to surpass 10 billion views, after snatching the crown of most-viewed YouTube video of all time from the former record holder "Despacito" one year before. "Baby Shark Dance" currently has 12.3 billion lifetime views on YouTube.
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Top 100 Best Songs Of All Time



Who has the most top 10 songs of all time?

With 40 top 10 hits in the Hot 100 over her career, Swift surpassed Madonna as the woman with the most top 10s in the chart's history. (Madonna has 38 top 10 singles.) Swift is only surpassed by Drake, who counts 59 top 10 hits.
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What singer has the most #1 hits?

Mariah Carey (USA) has topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 19 different occasions.
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What was the first song to get 1 billion views?

It has been 10 years since Psy's “Gangnam Style” became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views.
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What is the fastest song to reach 100 million views?

As of September 2022, the music video for Korean boy band BTS single "Butter" -which was released in May 2021- was still the fastest video to reach 100 million YouTube views, achieving the result within less than one day.
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Who has the best album ever?

100 Greatest Albums of All Time
  • The Beatles. Sgt. ...
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Are You Experienced? ( ...
  • The Beatles. Abbey Road (1969) ...
  • The Beatles. Revolver (1966) ...
  • The Beach Boys. Pet Sounds (1966) ...
  • Bob Dylan. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) ...
  • Pink Floyd. The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) ...
  • The Beatles. Rubber Soul (1965)
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What is the hardest world record to beat?

Here are some of the wildest records that won't go anywhere anytime soon.
  • The heaviest weight supported by a human tongue. ...
  • The longest distance an airplane was pulled by a human being. ...
  • The tallest man in the world. ...
  • Most metal eaten. ...
  • Most lawsuits filed. ...
  • The world's biggest diamond. ...
  • The highest-grossing movie.
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What are the top 5 selling albums of all time?

Top 10 Highest-Selling Albums of All Time in the US
  • Fleetwood Mac — “Rumours” ...
  • Hootie & the Blowfish — “Cracked Rear View” ...
  • Pink Floyd — “The Wall” ...
  • Led Zeppelin — “Zeppelin IV” ...
  • The Beatles — “The Beatles” ...
  • AC/DC — “Back in Black” ...
  • Eagles — “Hotel California” ...
  • Michael Jackson— “Thriller”
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Who has the most #1 albums in a row?

1 studio albums (as of 5 November 2022): Taylor Swift – 11, in 2008-22; Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, reputation, Lover, folklore, evermore, Fearless (Taylor's Version), Red (Taylor's Version) and Midnights; Jay-Z – 10, in 2002–17; Kanye West – 10, in 2005–21; The Beatles – 9, in 1964–68; Eminem – 9, in 2000–20; ...
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What is the greatest album ever released?

The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band topped the list, with Rolling Stone's editors describing it as "the most important rock 'n' roll album ever made". The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966) was ranked second in recognition of its influence on Sgt.
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Who is the most famous rockstar of all time?

1. Elvis Presley. Known as the king of rock'n'roll, Elvis Presley is the second best-selling solo artist of all time and has sold over 146.5 million units to date.
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How much YouTube pay for $1 billion views?

So for a major-label song on YouTube that generates 1 billion views across all videos that use it, the label and artist would generate closer to $2.1 million.
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Which song has most views in 24 hours?

The song “Lovesick Girls,” which was released by Blackpink's record label YG, first appeared in October 2020. The video had been viewed by 61.4 million people after 24 hours. This was the third song from the group's 2020 album, “The Album,” to be revealed.
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What was the first million selling song?

The first record to sell over a million copies was 'Vesti la giubba' from Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, sung by the Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873–1921). It was recorded in November 1902 and released by GT.
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